Former Nekoosa man acquitted of Florida murder now accused of helping to steal almost $7 million

Authorities say Chad R. Heins was part of income tax fraud conspiracy

8:09 PM,
Apr. 23, 2014

Chad Heins is all smiles with the media at Central Wisconsin Airport In December 2007 after being released from a Florida prison. Heins, who was 33 at the time, had been cleared of murdering his sister-in-law in 1994

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A 39-year-old former Nekoosa man released from a Florida prison after being found not guilty of murder is once again incarcerated in the Sunshine State.

Chad R. Heins was arrested April 18 on federal charges of conspiracy to defraud the government, theft of public money and aiding and abetting the theft of public money, according to a news release from the office of the U.S. Attorney Middle District of Florida. If convicted, Heins faces up to 10 years in federal prison on each of the three charges.

According to the federal indictment, Heins communicated with two men, Ronald Rodgers and John ...